Riceball
Master Member
Re: New Star Trek Series (2017)
It doesn't need to be an overarching plot that goes on from season to season, they could easily just use seasonal arcs where each season has an overarching plot, sort of like how they did on Buffy. This way there's continuity but the story gets resolved at the end of the season.
I agree, you'd think that using a holodeck would require a lot more power and other resources than replicating a simple cup of coffee, esp. when the program is of a bar that (presumably) has food and drinks. Unless it's serving only holographic food and drink that you essentially pretend to eat and drink then you're using the same, or more, power and resources than the food/drink replicator would. The funny thing about that is as the show goes on they forget all about that and you see Janeway, and others, replicating drinks constantly. The whole replicator rations thing is almost completely forgotten, it becomes a phrase they'd throw in every now and again to pretend that they didn't forget about it. Oh sure, Neelix still maintains the mess hall and they occasionally talk about going on away missions to get food but nearly every time Janeway invites someone to her quarters or ready room she's always offering them drinks, from the replicator, and will often get one herself. So much for replicator rationing.
One other thing that I hope they do on this new Trek show is get writers who can actually think in three dimensions. I don't know many times I've seen in the 3 TNG era shows where they run across some area of space that they can't get around because it's too wide with no mention of going above or below or a combination of all of them. On top of it, the effects/props people will show a 2D display of this area like it's on a regular map. These writers need to remember that they're in space, not on water, and you can go above and below things, not just around.
It doesn't need to be an overarching plot that goes on from season to season, they could easily just use seasonal arcs where each season has an overarching plot, sort of like how they did on Buffy. This way there's continuity but the story gets resolved at the end of the season.
I agree, you'd think that using a holodeck would require a lot more power and other resources than replicating a simple cup of coffee, esp. when the program is of a bar that (presumably) has food and drinks. Unless it's serving only holographic food and drink that you essentially pretend to eat and drink then you're using the same, or more, power and resources than the food/drink replicator would. The funny thing about that is as the show goes on they forget all about that and you see Janeway, and others, replicating drinks constantly. The whole replicator rations thing is almost completely forgotten, it becomes a phrase they'd throw in every now and again to pretend that they didn't forget about it. Oh sure, Neelix still maintains the mess hall and they occasionally talk about going on away missions to get food but nearly every time Janeway invites someone to her quarters or ready room she's always offering them drinks, from the replicator, and will often get one herself. So much for replicator rationing.
One other thing that I hope they do on this new Trek show is get writers who can actually think in three dimensions. I don't know many times I've seen in the 3 TNG era shows where they run across some area of space that they can't get around because it's too wide with no mention of going above or below or a combination of all of them. On top of it, the effects/props people will show a 2D display of this area like it's on a regular map. These writers need to remember that they're in space, not on water, and you can go above and below things, not just around.
